All clear from the pathology

I got a phone call regarding Sylvia's pathology report. They are classifying her tumor as the lowest grade benign tumor. Meaning, if all of it was removed, as her surgeon believes, then she has a 1% chance that it will regrow and they said any regrowth of this type of tumor has not been known to matastize. She will be having ongoing MRI's for the next 7 years. (statistically that is the window for recurrence) Other than that, it does not appear to us that we will request any physical therapy or need any further followup. This is all just so exciting to report. All the credit belonging to Jesus and his healing power.

Dori

Finally Home

We arrived home later than planned last night. We hurried to leave the hospital yesterday and got out on the freeway in the blowing snow, only to get a flat tire. We called a tow truck to help change the tire and Aunt Krissy came to get us and brought us back to her house for supper (thank you Mercedes for the delicious Bolivian supper). Aane was able to get a new tire and we were able to drive home.
Sylvia had a great day yesterday, and this morning, her walking has been even more improved. There will actually be very little we need to do for followup. We will have to assess the need for physical therapy after we see if her walking spontaneously returns to normal. She will have someone look at the incision on the 23rd and she will have an MRI and a visit with ther surgeon again in 3 months.
Again, I can't thank you all enough for your prayers. We are praising God for healing Sylvia. She has not been having siezures and she appears to be healing exceedingly fast. She seems to be oblivious to the incision on her head. I asked her if she knew why she was at the Doctor's, and she said that she was there to get her shakey arms fixed. So I asked her if she knew why her hair was all messed up. She said she did not know why they put the jelly in her hair because she was asleep when they did it. We are overjoyed.

Heading home today

Hi All,
thanks for hanging with us through these many days. We are hoping to be on our way home late this afternoon. Sylvia is getting very tired of her room and Doctors and Nurses and bloodpressures etc. Sunday morning she was having some trouble getting around on her right leg. It was dragging behind, but by mid morning she had it worked out and she was getting around well and it does not seem to be bothering her. We will be speaking to her physical therapist today and we'll see what they can do for us. At any rate, her surgeon assures us that any problem will likely not be permanent. She had a long nap Sunday and her dad and brothers spent the day at the Children's Museum.

Maddie and the Daniel's visit Sylvie

Auntie Krissy and Sylvie

Sylvia's visit from Keely

Dear Friends,
We are glad to say Sylvia has had a great day. Thank you for all your prayers.She is feeling good and meeting all the doctors expectations. For tomorrow they are hoping to have her eat solid food and move around on her own feet. She is not in pain and her seizures appear to have stopped for now. We continue to ask for your prayers , for a quick recovery and for her seizures to stop. Permanently.